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How much of Earth's atmosphere must we contaminate? How much of our lands and waters must we pollute? How much of our resources must we plunder, deplete? How many species must we ravage, despoil, extinguish? How many people must we degrade, deprive, destroy with toxic wastes and wars, before we learn to respect one another, to live in harmony on this planet, our Home?
"All living beings are brothers and sisters, nourished from the same source of life.." -- Thich Nhat Hanh

About Me

I was born in Eastern Europe during the height of the
Stalinist regime's reign of terror. Thus, I know what it is like to live under a repressive, dictatorial regime. The fear and terror -- as dissident friends and family members were tortured, imprisoned and some were executed -- is indelibly etched in my memory. That is the reason I have always been an ardent advocate of freedom, social justice, civil liberties, human rights and a voice of peace. The way I see it, war is morally wrong, regardless of who wages it, for whatever reason. No piece of land or commodity is worth the sacrifice of one human life. We are all members of the same race - the "human race" - and must learn to coexist peacefully. Our planet cannot sustain us much longer if we do not stop our wars, nukes, polluting, deforestation, and the wasteful, gluttonous consumption and depletion of our natural resources.

âA satisfyingly virulent, comical, absurd, deeply grieving true portrait of how things work today in the sleek factories of conglomerate book producers... A skillful novel of manners -- of very bad mannersâ

Monday, July 10, 2006

No One Is Illegal-Montreal Radiopart of CKUT's Open Conspiracy for Social Change

::::::::::TUESDAY, July 11, 5-6pm (E.S.T.)90.3fm on the airwaves in Montrealor, listen online at www.ckut.ca::::::::::

July 11 marks the anniversary of the 1990 police invasion of the Kanehsatake Mohawk Territory. This month's show highlights indigenous resistance across "Canada". The show includes:

--> An interview with HAZEL HILL of Six Nations, spokesperson for the Land Reclamation Site near Caledonia, Ontario. Since February 28, 2006, Six Nations people and their supporters have blocked further construction by Henco Industries on their land, saying they will stay until jurisdiction and title over the land is properly restored to the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. The Land Reclamation continues; for moreinformation: http://www.reclamationinfo.com orhttp://sisis.nativeweb.org/index.html

--> An interview with KAHENTINETHA HORN of Mohawk Nation News (MNN), and an elder from the Kahnawake Mohawk Territory. Kahentinetha reflects on the July 11 anniversary of the police invasion at Kanehsatake in 1990 (the so-called Oka Crisis).

--> An interview with ROBERTA KEESICK of the Grassy Narrows indigenous community in Northwestern Ontario. Roberta is a trapper and grandmother, as well as a blockader against the clear-cut logging of Grassy Narrows territory. The blockade began in December 2002, and is the longest standing indigenous blockade in Canadian history. Roberta is participating in the Earth Justice Gathering (July 10-16, 2006) atGrassy Narrows. For background to the struggle at Grassy Narrows,consult: http://freegrassy.org or http://friendsofgrassynarrows.com/

::::::::::TUESDAY, July 11, 5-6pm (E.S.T.)90.3fm on the airwaves in Montrealor, listen online at www.ckut.ca::::::::::